return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoiPhone 16 is here, but I’m hyped for just one reason: RCS on iOS 18chromeunboxed.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down117cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up154arrow-down1external-linkiPhone 16 is here, but I’m hyped for just one reason: RCS on iOS 18chromeunboxed.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down12·10 days agoALL my android buds (all 3 of them) would talk about RCS as the future, better than iMessage, proof that Apple is terrible for not having it and adding it. So anyways my iPhone has RCS now and none of their androids do. Shocker.
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoEvery android that has Google Play services has RCS, they just need Google Messages to use it.
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-28 days agoMeaning they have to install another app. At which point they’d just as soon install signal and have something better. None of their phones come with a RCS enabled messaging app by default. My iPhone on iOS 18 does however. Which is my point entirely.
minus-squarepriapus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoEvery modern android phone I’ve used comes with Google Messages by defualt.
ALL my android buds (all 3 of them) would talk about RCS as the future, better than iMessage, proof that Apple is terrible for not having it and adding it.
So anyways my iPhone has RCS now and none of their androids do. Shocker.
Every android that has Google Play services has RCS, they just need Google Messages to use it.
Meaning they have to install another app.
At which point they’d just as soon install signal and have something better.
None of their phones come with a RCS enabled messaging app by default.
My iPhone on iOS 18 does however. Which is my point entirely.
Every modern android phone I’ve used comes with Google Messages by defualt.